Resources for Teens
Santa Clara County
This is a list of local resources for teens in Santa Clara County, California. Also see a list of 24-hour crisis lines and hotlines if you need fast answers to some serious issues.
- Health Care and Community Services
- Counseling
- Smoking, Alcohol & Addiction
- STD and HIV Resources
- Pregnancy and Parenting
- Crisis Hotlines
- Grief and Loss
- Abuse and Domestic Violence
- Teen Programs by City
- Activities, Clubs & Organizations
- Volunteer Opportunities
- Employment
| HEALTH CARE & COMMUNITY SERVICES [back to top] | |
City of Palo Alto Family Resources Web Site Find resources and service providers in Palo Alto. | |
| 650-965-3323 Mountain View 650-327-8717 Palo Alto English and Spanish | Mayview Community Clinic (confidential) Provides general medical care and referral to other agencies for specialized care for people of all ages, with no restrictions on income level. Does not provide emergency care. Sliding fee scale or co-payment. |
408-423-0700 | Santa Clara County Health Services Health and Human Care Programs |
| COUNSELING [back to top] | |
650-853-4726 | Palo Alto Medical Foundation Psychiatry & Behavioral Health |
| 800-704-0900 (24 x 7) English, Spanish, Vietnamese | Santa Clara County Mental Health Call Center Counseling and referrals. |
650-321-5272 | KARA Compassionate support to those who are grieving a death or facing a life-threatening illness. |
| SMOKING ALCOHOL & ADDICTION [back to top] | |
650-424-0852 | Adolescent Counseling Services Counseling, treatment, and education for substance abuse. Santa Clara and San Mateo County |
| 408-374-8511 (24 hours) | Alcoholics Anonymous Santa Clara County Find meetings. |
| 408-496-9107 | Cocaine Anonymous, South Bay Find meetings |
| 408-450-0796 | Marijuana Anonymous, South Bay Find meetings. |
| 408-998-4200 | Narcotics Anonymous, Greater San Jose Find meetings |
| Narcotics Anonymous, Peninsula Find meetings | |
| STD & HIV Resources [back to top] | |
| 415-863-2437 800-367-2437 English, Spanish, Tagalog | San Francisco AIDS Foundation Information. Not a 24-hour crisis line. |
| PREGNANCY & PARENTING [back to top] | |
408-366-7374 | Cupertino High School Teens with Tots |
| SUICIDE & CRISIS HOTLINES [back to top] | |
| 650-494-8420 (North Santa Clara County) 408-683-2482 (South Santa Clara County) (24 x 7) | Santa Clara County Mental Health Services 24-Hour Suicide and Crisis Line |
| 650-961-2622 (24 hours) | Social Advocates for Youth (SAY) Runaway Hotline Drug and alcohol prevention and treatment for teenagers including family counseling and a short-term place to live |
| 408-279-0303 (24 x 7) Cantonese, Dutch, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Persian, Spanish | The Warm Line For kids/teens who are home alone. Befriends latchkey children and teenagers by offering safety and support to them and their working parent(s). |
888-247-7717 | 24-7 Teen Line A health, relationship, crisis, and information referral line for teens. This is a dispatch service that connects the caller directly to needed services. |
| GRIEF & LOSS [back to top] | |
Directory of San Francisco Bay Area Resources for Grief And Life-Threatening Illness | |
408-980-9801 | Centre for Living with Dying Individual and small group grief support for adults, children and families experiencing life-threatening illness or death of a loved one Santa Clara County. |
| ABUSE & DOMESTIC VIOLENCE [back to top] | |
| 800-572-2782 800-57-BASTA (24 hours) English and Spanish | Support Network for Battered Women Help for victims of domestic abuse and assault. |
| 408-279-2962 24 hour hotline English and Spanish | Next Door, Solutions to Domestic Violence |
650-326-6576 | Family and Children Services Provides programs and services that support the emotional well-being of our communities. Counseling and referral on many issues. Multilingual. Sliding scale fee. |
| 800-493-1186 650-493-1186 (North County) 408-299-2071 (South County) | Santa Clara County Social Services Agency Child Abuse Reporting |
| 650-327-3333 408-279-8228 (24 hours) | Parental Stress Hotline Family and Children Services |
| 650-327-8336 (24 hours) | Teen line Family and Children Services |
| TEEN PROGRAMS BY CITY [back to top] | |
408-615-3140 | City of Santa Clara Teen Center Programs and resources through Parks and Recreation. |
650-903-6300 | City of Mountain View Teen Services Many teen programs and services. |
408-777-3120 | City of Cupertino Programs and resources for teens. |
650-329-2390 | City of Palo Alto Teen Programs |
| ACTIVITIES, CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS [back to top] | |
| 650-856-YMCA 650-956 3955 | YMCA of the Mid-Peninsula |
408-298-3888 | YMCA of the Santa Clara Valley |
650-322-8065 | Boys and Girls Clubs of the Peninsula |
408-299-2635 | Santa Clara County 4-h 4-H is an organization for youth, ages 5-19, that promotes hands-on learning and is based on parent and volunteer participation. The United States 4-H program is run through county Cooperative Extension offices, the University of California, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and a variety of volunteer councils and foundations at the county, state, and national levels. |
| VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES [back to top] | |
650-688-0415 | Bay Area Volunteer Information Center |
| EMPLOYMENT [back to top] | |
408-730-7640 | NOVA Youth Employment Office |